CVE-2022-20796

MEDIUM

ClamAV <0.104.2 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

On May 4, 2022, the following vulnerability in the ClamAV scanning library versions 0.103.5 and earlier and 0.104.2 and earlier was disclosed: A vulnerability in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) versions 0.103.4, 0.103.5, 0.104.1, and 0.104.2 could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog.

References (6)

[Third Party Advisory] https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-dos-vL9x58p4

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7RV6BLIATIJE74SQ6NG5ZC4JK5MMDQ2R/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N4NNBIJVG6Z4PDIKUZXTYXICYUAYAZ56/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BX5ZXNHP4NFYQ5BFSKY3WT7NTBZUYG7L/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00004.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-01

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 9.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-476 CWE-822

Status published

Products (11)

cisco/secure_endpoint < 1.16.3

cisco/secure_endpoint < 1.17.2

cisco/secure_endpoint < 7.5.5

clamav/clamav 0.103.4

clamav/clamav 0.103.5

clamav/clamav 0.104.1

clamav/clamav 0.104.2

debian/debian_linux 9.0

fedoraproject/fedora 34

fedoraproject/fedora 35

... and 1 more

Published May 04, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026